Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-10-20


the appeal, there $40 some VINO thihh Us
will.
The technical experts from the Navy De-
uartmept who went to Alexandria yester-
dav TO inspect the new life-boat now being
built at the Norton ship yard there, BY
order of the Secretary Of the Navy, speak oil
that boat in the highest terms (; say lis
principle seems 10 supply perfectly The &C.
sideratum, and that its work cannot be eA,
celltd. They appear 10 be so we'll sa'isneo
wish il that it is expected the Navy Depart
ment will supply alLthe navy yards at W icn
lila. hoats are used with similar ones 80 son
as possible. -, -,
f,r tha hall of the U. S. House Of Repsesen-
lajives is being put down to day. It i7
, oreen velvet with q small red flower; very
Handsome. The tops of the memoer's desks
viii he covered green to match. The paint
and euilt of the walls will also be Frightened,
and when ell the improvements are compile
ted the hall will present e magnificent ap'
| pearance. -. ~.
Leedom, of Ohio, sergeant at arms OF ths
House. SAYS that unless great change ssaii
take place in the political prospects IN that
State between now and election day, The
democrats will be successful, and that at
present they evidently have the republicans
on the run. This TALES with what An ohio
republican saiG Lhe other day, as reported ID
this correspondence. about the affairs OIL DIS
party there being in such bad condition That
Mr.. Sherman could not leave to iuIh'l his
promise to go TO North Carolina.
The iron for the new six thousand LOB
cruiser 10 be constructed at the Norfolk
Navy Yard has been contracted for at The
Bethlehem Iron Works i'll Pennsylvania
and is now being manufactured. IL is x
pected that the cost of the vessel when
completed will be about three million dol
lars, large per centage of which Will oe
for labor, and therefore necessarily bsspeni
in Norfolk.
! at the agricultural convention this mora.
! ing papers were read on 'ihe work and The
needs of experiment stations" aud "experl
meuts and investigations demanded by the
farmers of iowa" The papers were pre-
pared by Prof e. ". Hi!eafa. of California
aud P.cf. Il p Spear, Of tbs Iowa State AZ
ricul,ural college, respectively. Officers
were elected under the new constitution Il:
e.! owe: : President, Geo. W. Athe!;on, O.
Psuusy !vana Vice Presidents, S ID. Lee, Of
Mississippi S. II. Peabody, OF Illinois LIE
Roy Brown, of Alabama M. G. Fernald, ol
Maine, and Geo f. Cook, OF New Jersey
Executive clmrnittce, Edwin Wiliets, OF
Michigan Jas-A. Patterson, of kentucky
IL. E Alvord, Of Massachusetts,; G. w. Dab.
uey, OF Tennessee Caas. X. Adams, OF New
York. Secretary, Chas. E. Thorne, of OHIO
The friends OF Me- James Voorhees,, son Of
the Senator, whose mental arrangement has
lately become apparent, have taken him to
a private asylum in New York. His latest
deuson is that the next national democrat
ic ticket will be Cleveland and Voorhees,,
that it will be elected, aud that Cleveland
will die from natural causes within a year
and half after the commencement Of his
second term, aud his father ill out that term
and be elected for another.
Ex.Mini.ter Foster was at the Capitol this
morning with Lord Herschel and patty, showing
them through aud arolnd that building.
Ex-Congressman Barbour, Of the Alexandria
district, has gone to New York, but is expected to
return in day two. as he is now actively en-.
gagged in the business of the State democratic
paign which he is conducting.